Shahoney, not only does Kincaid's perspective on Americans describe Antigua's view on Americans, I describes Latin America's as well. Not only has the United States taken their money and land, they have lost their identity by having their culture removed. Latin America has reached a point where they can not identify themselves as those from their past and do not see who they are within the future. As Kincaid stated when discussing about the Minister of Culture, "where there is a Minister of Culture it means there is no culture." There is a pattern that the United States takes whatever it desires and justifies its actions by claiming its for the peoples' (Americans) freedom and therefore should not be held accountable for the repercussions it
